West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-12-08

the poorest room I'm your house for the flneSt
heaven that Huxley, or Stuart Mil, or Oar
win over dreamed OF. Their heaven has no
Christ in &c: and heaven without Christ.
though you could sweep the whole universe
into IL, would be hell Oh. they tell us
there are no songs there; there are no
coronations in heayen-that Is all inn
agnation; They tell us we will DO
there about what we do here. only
on larger scale-geometrize with
clearer intellect, and with alpenstoo<
go clambering up over the icebergs
ia an eteI nal vacation Rather than that I
turn TO my Bible, and find Johns picture
OF that good land-that heaven which was
your lullaby in infancY-that heaven which
our children in the Sabbath school will sing
about TINS afternoon-that heaven which has
n well ut the gate"
After you have been on n long Journey.
and you come in, all bedusted and tired. 10
your home, the first thing you want Is re-
treshing ablution, and / am glad TO know
that after we get through the pilgrim
age OF this world-the hard, dusty oil.
grimage-we will find well at
the gate. In that one wash. away
Will go our sins and sorrows [ do not
care whether cherub, or seraph, or my own
departed friends i'm that blessed land place
TO my lips the cup, the touch OF that cup
VIII be life, will be heavenl / was read
ing OF how the ancients sought for the
fountain OF perpetual youth They thought
IL they could only find and drink ont of tbat
wen, the old would become young again, the
SICK would be cured. and everybody would
have eternal juvenescence. OF course they
could not find it. Eurekal have found IN
The water OF the well of Bethlehem, which
Is 10y the gate.n
thi,S we had better make bargain with
those who leave us, going out of this world
from time TO time, as to where we will meet
them: Travellers parting appoint place Of
W nesting Iney say; I'VE will meet at
holm. or Vienna, or jerusalem or Bethle-
hemn Now, when we come TO stand
by the death-pillow OF those who ara
leaving us for the far land, do not let us weep
as though we would never see them again
but let us, there standing, appoint a place
where we will meet. Where shall it bel Shall
II be on the banks OF the riverl No The
banks, banks are too long; Shall it be in the
templei MOI no. There is such host
there-ten thousand times ten thousand
Where shall we meet the loved onesl Let us
make an appointment TO meet at the well by
the gate. Oh, heavenl Sweet heavenl Dear
heaven Heaven, where our good friends
Heavenl
But while l stand here there comes n revul-
sion of feeling when l look into your ewes and
know there are souls here dying of thirst.
Notwithstanding the well at the gate Be
tween them and the well of heaven there is n
great army of sin; and though Christ is
ready 70 clear way to that we'll for them
they will not have his love or intercession.
But am glad to know that you may come
yet. The well is here-the well OF heaven
Come; do not care how feeble you are. Let
me take hold of your arm, and steady YOU up
TO the well-curb. Ho, every one that
thirsteth, come" would rather win one soni
TO Christ this morning than wear the crown
or the worlds dominion. Do not LET anv
man go away and say did not invite him
Oh, II you could only just look at my Lord
once; IL you could just see him full in the face
ay, II YOU could only do as that woman did
whom read about at the beginning of the
services-lust come up behind him and
touch his feet-methinks you would live. In
Northern New Jersey, one winter, three lit
Tie children wandered off from home In n
snow storm. Night came on. Father and
mother said, Where are the childrenf' They
could not be found. They started out in
hDste, and the news ran TO the neigh.
bors, and before morning it was said TINT
there were hundreds of men hunting the
mountains for those three children. but
FOUND them not After while man imagined
there was place that had not been looked Mt
and he went and saw the three children. He
examined their bodies. He found that tho
Older boy had taken off his cont
and wrapped IL around the younger ono. the
baby, and then taken off his vest and mt IL
around the other one; and there they all
died, he probably the first, for he had no coat
or vest. Oh 1t was a touching scene when that
was brought 20 light! / was on the ground
little while after. and it brought the
whole scene to my mind, and 1 thought To
myself Of more melting scene than that:
when Jesus, our elder brother took Off the
robe OF his royalty and laid aside the last
garment OF earthly comfort that he MIGHT
wrap our poor souls from the blast Oh tho
height, and the depth, and the length, and
the breadth OF the love of Christi